The Boston Celtics beat the Detroit Pistons, 108 to 107, in Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals on May 26, 1987.

1986-87 Boston Celtics

Final

DET

107

BOS

108

1

29

38

2

27

20

3

29

28

4

22

22

Total

107

108

Pistons

Celtics

FG Made - Attempted

45-87

36-78

Field Goal %

51.7

46.2

3PT Made - Attempted

0-2

2-8

3PT %

0.0

25.0

FT Made - Attempted

17-23

34-39

Free Throw %

73.9

87.2

Rebounds

38

40

Offensive Rebounds

8

9

Defensive Rebounds

30

31

Assists

31

21

Steals

8

7

Blocks

2

3

Turnovers

15

18

Personal Fouls

32

23

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Isiah Thomas 43 17 3 11 3 0 6-16 0-2 5-8 4 5 1 2 37.5 0.0 62.5
Bill Laimbeer 43 16 14 6 2 1 7-20 0-0 2-4 3 5 1 13 35.0 50.0
Adrian Dantley 37 25 3 2 2 0 10-15 0-0 5-5 2 4 1 2 66.7 100.0
Joe Dumars 26 4 1 6 0 0 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1 40.0
Rick Mahorn 25 4 4 0 0 0 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 5 0 4 66.7

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Vinnie Johnson 27 20 2 3 1 0 8-13 0-0 4-4 0 1 1 1 61.5 100.0
Dennis Rodman 21 14 3 1 0 1 7-7 0-0 0-0 2 5 0 3 100.0
John Salley 17 7 8 2 0 0 3-8 0-0 1-2 1 6 4 4 37.5 50.0
Sidney Green 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Larry Bird 47 36 12 9 1 1 12-25 0-2 12-12 5 1 1 11 48.0 0.0 100.0
Dennis Johnson 45 18 7 5 0 0 5-13 0-0 8-10 2 3 2 5 38.5 80.0
Robert Parish 38 11 8 0 1 1 3-10 0-0 5-6 3 1 3 5 30.0 83.3
Danny Ainge 36 12 1 4 0 0 5-12 2-6 0-0 3 3 0 1 41.7 33.3
Kevin McHale 27 20 7 1 2 1 8-9 0-0 4-4 3 5 1 6 88.9 100.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Darren Daye 22 7 2 1 3 0 2-3 0-0 3-5 1 6 0 2 66.7 60.0
Sam Vincent 10 4 1 1 0 0 1-4 0-0 2-2 1 1 1 0 25.0 100.0
Fred Roberts 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Sichting 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0.0
Greg Kite 2 0 2 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 1 0.0

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More Celtics Stats

Team Leaders

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PPG

26.9

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

RPG

9.0

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

APG

6.5

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

Team Rankings

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ORTG

123.2

1st

DRTG

111.6

3rd

NETRTG

11.6

1st

3P%

38.8

2nd

2023-24 Conference Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
6:00 PM
Mon
4/29
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Wed
5/1
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
7:30 PM
Fri
5/3
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
5/5
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
1:00 PM

Last Game

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101

Final

111

MIA Heat

1-1

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NBA 2023-24 Leaders

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

NBA 2023-24 Betting

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
64 18 .780
2
Knicks Knicks
50 32 .610 14.0
3
Bucks Bucks
49 33 .598 15.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
48 34 .585 16.0
5
Magic Magic
47 35 .573 17.0
6
Pacers Pacers
47 35 .573 17.0
Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
57 25 .695
2
Nuggets Nuggets
57 25 .695
3
Timberwolves Timberwolves
56 26 .683 1.0
4
Clippers Clippers
51 31 .622 6.0
5
Mavericks Mavericks
50 32 .610 7.0
6
Suns Suns
49 33 .598 8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
MIN MIN
@
PHX PHX
126-109
Thu
4/25
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
90-101
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
118-121
Wed
4/24
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
114-125
Wed
4/24
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
112-105

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ORL ORL
1:00 PM
Sat
4/27
OKC OKC
@
NOP NOP
3:30 PM
Sat
4/27
BOS BOS
@
MIA MIA
6:00 PM
Sat
4/27
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
8:30 PM
Sun
4/28
NYK NYK
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM